I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I’ve had, they’d look like they were through. Done. But there’s something about me.
NASI think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
More Nas Quotes
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I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.
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I’ve been called everything. Gangsta rap. I’ve been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that’s on them.
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I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
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I’m a big fan of Common. I’m a big fan of Scarface; I’m a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to… well, there are a lot of people’s music that I respect.
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Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate… I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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